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Zimbabwe v Pakistan | 3rd T20I | Harare | 25th April 2021 | Pakistan innings

First game I'm watching and the wicket is so slow.
Not conducive to stroke play.

140 is more like a 180-190 score here.
 
It's becoming that if Mo Riz has a good outing with the bat, then we likely to win....
 
15 off 20 from babar is terrible. Not sure why he isn't going for the big shots. Only 8 overs left.
 
To everyone saying that this pitch is so hard to bat on, it really isn't.

It's just that our batsmen are too incompetent to understand what shots are on and what shots won't work on this wicket.

Strokes aren't working, look at how Rizwan is playing, he's finding gaps and running hard. When there's a boundary ball, he'll go for it but he's running between the wickets to keep the scoreboard ticking.

Babar on the other hand is trying to get his drives to go through, and once he realizes that it's a wicket for running on, his innings will be a 40 ball 34 because he didn't realize it soon enough.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Meaningless comment. If fat sharjeel cant last more than 15 balls, that's not Rizwan's fault.
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Sharjeel would have excelled to a 30 ball 50

Rizwan is still on 48 after 37 balls

They are clearly two different types of openers
 
The real test for Babar will be if he understands his role after the next few overs.

He has to hit the boundaries and play outside his comfort zone. He cannot make Rizwan do the hitting whereas he hides and rotates strike.

I'll be quite impressed if he can even get a few boundaries here because it's clear he's not willing to change his batting style for the need of the team. Look at that 50 ball 50 in South Africa.
 
Rana said:
Sharjeel would have excelled to a 30 ball 50

Rizwan is still on 48 after 37 balls

They are clearly two different types of openers
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Not every team is going to drop your catches for you to get to a 50...teams like England, Australia and NZ wil have him back in the hut in no time...
 
Zeshan547 said:
New to cricket or what, the guy has smashed some of the best spinners going around and those are mostly 80 m plus sixes atleast, so for all his mediocrity Malik is one of the best spin hitter in world cricket. and when step out and get to pitch of ball, you take pitch out of equation. I agree hitting pacers is harder on this pitch.
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Not new to cricket, watching it for the past 29 years. Just saying it’s pointless over reacting just because they are not slogging.

The wicket nor the size of the ground makes any sense to do so.
 
Ahmed216 said:
Well played Babar. Faster than Kohli to 2000. No. 1 batsman in the world.
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No. Babar is not among the top 10 t20 batsmen in the world. I don’t care about stats or rankings. Although he is amazing by Pakistani standards
 
Last Monetarist said:
I agree, the quality of cricket might not be much cop, but the competitiveness on show is enthralling. It's becoming a good rivalry.
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Last 3 matches Zim played at Harare before this in a bilateral. Zim vs Ind (Zim won by 10 runs), Zim vs Ind (Ind won by 10 wickets), Zim vs Ind (Ind win by 3 runs). Ind could have almost lost the series.

Harare isnt the best place for T20 cricket and other teams have also struggled. Before anyone comes in and say India was playing some new guys as well, Pak’s main team itself isnt much experienced outside of Hafeez and India as per some can field three sides in international cricket.
 
Babar the beast starting to unfurl. He is a better batsman than anyone else on this forum andnkbows exactly what he's doing and what needs to be done
 
MashaAllah

Another milestone for Babar in which he has overtaken Kohli
 
marlonbrowndo said:
No. Babar is not among the top 10 t20 batsmen in the world. I don’t care about stats or rankings. Although he is amazing by Pakistani standards
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He's not playing in his preferred position today. Kohli has also played against weak sides but never scored a t20 100. Babar is among top T20 batters in world. He's reliable,consistent
 
Where's the Test match pitches ? I hope they'll have more pace in them than these T20 surfaces.
 
Ahmed216 said:
He's not playing in his preferred position today. Kohli has also played against weak sides but never scored a t20 100. Babar is among top T20 batters in world. He's reliable,consistent
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Kohli also has more MOTM than anyone in this format and has 2 T20 World Cup man of the tournament wins which is something I doubt anyone else will ever achieve
 
imshally81 said:
Fastest 2000 runs for Babar...any comments [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]?
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Meaningless.

No point in these stats if you can't even convincingly pummel a depleted Zimbabwe team.

I'd rather take Roy and Bairstow on the team along with Rizwan as opposed to Babar.
 
Titan24 said:
Last 3 matches Zim played at Harare before this in a bilateral. Zim vs Ind (Zim won by 10 runs), Zim vs Ind (Ind won by 10 wickets), Zim vs Ind (Ind win by 3 runs). Ind could have almost lost the series.

Harare isnt the best place for T20 cricket and other teams have also struggled. Before anyone comes in and say India was playing some new guys as well, Pak’s main team itself isnt much experienced outside of Hafeez and India as per some can field three sides in international cricket.
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India's performances in Zimbabwe 5 years ago are not relevant. I'm not being wholly tongue in cheek, this series has been very competitive and the matches could have gone either way. That suggests that the two teams aren't mismatched.

I expect that the gulf in quality and experience will show during the test matches.
 
If Babar can't hit out part-timers like Burl, I doubt he'll survive against the likes of Bumrah, Starc, etc. when the World Cup comes around.
 
Ahmed216 said:
He's not playing in his preferred position today. Kohli has also played against weak sides but never scored a t20 100. Babar is among top T20 batters in world. He's reliable,consistent
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Lol leave aside a T20 hundred.

Kohli's knock against Australia at Mohali in 2016 is better than even 5 Babar 100s against Magala and Co... :91:
 
marlonbrowndo said:
Kohli also has more MOTM than anyone in this format and has 2 T20 World Cup man of the tournament wins which is something I doubt anyone else will ever achieve
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Dont think babar has ever played a t20 WC so no point in comparing in that regard
 
Markhor said:
Where's the Test match pitches ? I hope they'll have more pace in them than these T20 surfaces.
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Tests are also at Harare, so I wont be surprised if wickets are similar. Though it’s easier to play on usch surfaces of you dont have to go after the bowling. Scoring rates can be low though.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Meaningless.

No point in these stats if you can't even convincingly pummel a depleted Zimbabwe team.

I'd rather take Roy and Bairstow on the team along with Rizwan as opposed to Babar.
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Look at the pitch mate... It is not easy for batting...
Second... Zimbabwe is always strong in their home conditions..
 
These 2 got no confidence in the men to come hence will start slogging at 19.2 overs
 
UzmanBeast said:
If Babar can't hit out part-timers like Burl, I doubt he'll survive against the likes of Bumrah, Starc, etc. when the World Cup comes around.
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On a flat wicket like indian wickets usually are babar can easily score at 140+ against any fast bowlers. He only struggles to score against spinners on slow decks
 
Last Monetarist said:
India's performances in Zimbabwe 5 years ago are not relevant. I'm not being wholly tongue in cheek, this series has been very competitive and the matches could have gone either way. That suggests that the two teams aren't mismatched.

I expect that the gulf in quality and experience will show during the test matches.
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I agree the series has been competitive. My example wasnt about India specifically rather last T20 bilateral series at Harare which was almost equally competitive. Thats the thing with such surfaces.

Hopefully in tests Pak can show better quality.
 
Mesozoic said:
Lol leave aside a T20 hundred.

Kohli's knock against Australia at Mohali in 2016 is better than even 5 Babar 100s against Magala and Co... :91:
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I never said he's better than Kohli. But on current form he's the best in the world.
 
Babar doesn’t like scoring boundaries on free hits. Too easy for him
 
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We have 9 wickets in hand at this stage and instead of accelerating against part-timers who are bowling, we'd rather take singles and doubles.

Sums up our lack of cricketing intelligence and our general lack of ability as a team across all formats.
 
Babar dropped.

Also I'm noticing the bowl coming to the bat very slowly. This pitch is proving to be the main threat for Pakistan this series.
 
Mesozoic said:
Lol leave aside a T20 hundred.

Kohli's knock against Australia at Mohali in 2016 is better than even 5 Babar 100s against Magala and Co... :91:
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Babar is also set to play many amazing innings in world events. He did outscore kohli in 2019 wc
 
UzmanBeast said:
Meaningless.

No point in these stats if you can't even convincingly pummel a depleted Zimbabwe team.

I'd rather take Roy and Bairstow on the team along with Rizwan as opposed to Babar.
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When was the last time Roy and Bairstow batted on such a surface?

Fans often forget, how much of a role pitches and conditions play in the game of cricket.
 
Poor, pathetic batting.

No timing, no intelligence, nothing.

9 wickets in hand and we'll finish on some mediocre score like 140.
 
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